CVE-2005-4693

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Gaim-Encryption 2.38-1 on Debian Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message from an ICQ buddy, possibly involving the GE_received_key function in keys.c.

Affected products

Gaim-Encryption: 2.38_1

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=337127
http://secunia.com/advisories/17739
http://www.osvdb.org/21233
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=337127
http://secunia.com/advisories/17739
http://www.osvdb.org/21233

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